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Houston doctors talk about Antarctica experience

Some doctors in Galveston have to take extraordinary measures to care for their patients because those patients are researchers stuck on the bottom of the earth in Antarctica. Dr. Scott Parazynski, serious overachiever, is in charge of UTMB’s Polar Medical Operations. He demonstrates how he visits with UTMB medical personnel in Antarctica via telemedicine.